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Honey Dew Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046179
MRDS ID M241013
Record type Site
Current site name Honey Dew Group
Alternate or previous names Silver Cave, Silver Cave South, Silver Dike, Gold Spot, Gold Nugget, Silver Peak, New Era, White Oaks, Robinson and Hately Properties.
Related records 10209831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.60732, 32.20262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position APPROX 2 MI N OF DOS CABEZAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 20 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER SEC 20 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed Shale

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.60732, 32.20262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mascot District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robinson And Hately Properties
    First year 1973

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN LATE 1880'S AND ABOUT 300 TONS INTERMITTENTLY IN 1916, 1932-35 AND 1941.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS, 1932, E.H. AND C.B. WHITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 61

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN LENSING QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS ALONG A FAULT FISSURE ZONE CUTTING METAMORPHOSED SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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